Trace-carrier for harness.



PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904.

J. HEBBL.

TRACE CARRIER FOR HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.26. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

' INYENTUII WITNESSES;

UNITED STATES Patented November 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB HEBEL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

TRACE-CARRIER FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,400, dated NOVembel22, 1

Application filed October 2 6, 1903. Serial No. 178,654. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB HEBEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers for Harness,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trace-carriers for harness; andthe object of my invention is to provide a combined tracecarrier andcrupper-strap holder in combination with a back-band the bifurcatedportion of which passes through the body of the tracecarrier instead of(as ordinarily) placing the bifurcation of the back-band several inchesbehind the carrier.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a trace-carrierconstructed according to my invention, showing a portion of theback-band passing therethrough and the pad beneath the same, thehip-straps being omitted. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on line2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3 3 of Fig.1, the main body of the trace-carrier being broken away. Fig. 4 is atransverse section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

1 is the back-pad, which is formed substantially pear-shaped and servesto protect the animals back from the trace carrier. A buckle 2 ispermanently secured thereto by means of a leather strip 3. (See Fig. 2.)Through the buckle 2 passes the back-band 4, which is bifurcated a veryshort distance behind said buckle, forming the crupper-straps 5 5,broken away, as seen at Fig. 1. Said straps extend rearward, making thecrupper complete without buckles, the adjustment of said cruppers beingperfected by buckle 2 in front of the trace-carrier. By this means thebuckles in the rear of the trace-carrier, usually on cruppers, aredispensed with, thus preventing severe chafing of the animal caused bysmall buckles.

The body of the trace-carrier is formed of one piece of metal andconsists of the following parts, as separately designated by referencecharacters: two looped portions 6 6,

adapted to support the hip-straps, (not shown,) a rearward transverseportion 7 7 a forward transverse portion 8, two longitudinal archedportions 9 9, provided with-depending points 10 10, a central transverseportion 12, connecting the arches 9 9, and two trace-rests 13 .13. Theportions 7 7 fit snugly upon the crupper-straps 5 5, and between thesestraps the metal is dropped, as clearly shown at 14 in Fig. 4, so thatit rests upon the pad 1 and forms two shoulders that hold thecrupperstraps apart at the proper angle. This middle portion 14 of theback of the trace-carrier is secured to the pad by a rivet 15. Theforward transverse portion 8 passes between the back-band and the pad,and to avoid forming a hump in said band the metal 8 is made quite thin,as shown in Fig. 3. This-portion need not be attached to the pad, as itis held thereon by the pressure of the back-band.

When the traces are detached from the whiffletree of a vehicle, theirends are inserted between the arches 9 and the trace-rests 13 and bentdown until their eyes can be pushed up over the points 10. The tracesthen rest upon the parts 13, which prevent their disengagement from thepoints 10.

I wish to call attention to the fact that the ordinary back-band is notbifurcated at the point where it passes through a trace-carrier, whereaswith my trace-carrier the back-band must be bifurcated at a pointsomewhere forward of the carrier, substantially as shown.

Having now fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a back-pad, a tracecarrier having a depressedrearward portion which isriveted to said pad, and having two lateralportions 7 in combination with a backstrap which is bifurcated inproximity to the front portion of the carrier, the two branches of saidstrap passing over the front portion 8 of the carrier, under therearward lateral portions, and in contact with the depressed portionthereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a back-pad, a buckle connected to the forwardportion of said pad,

a back-strap which passes through said buckle and is bifurcatedimmediately behind said buckle, and a trace-carrier the forward portionof which lies between the pad and the back-band, said carrier having adepressed rearward portion 14:, which is riveted to the pad, thebranches of the back-band lying directly upon the pad and in contactwith said portion 1 of the carrier, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JACOB HEBEL. Witnesses:

O. M. VAN DORSTON, M. L. LANGE.

